Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2006
Latest action · Apr 26, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2006 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to replace current food stamp program (program) administrative cost provisions with provisions authorizing 75% reimbursement for specified state activities to increase program access.
States that fingerprinting shall not be required for program participation.
Beyond the Soup Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen pilot program to provide grants: (1) to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group in each designated pilot community which shall allocate subgrants to other nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such community; and (2) for technical assistance grants. Sets forth program provisions.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2006 to Jul 28, 2006, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jul 28, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
- Apr 6, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agriculture and Food
- Alaska
- California
- Child nutrition
- Commerce
- Community organization
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Exercise
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial planning
- Fingerprints
- Food relief
- Food stamps
- Fruit
- Georgia
- Gifts
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government statistics
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Homeless
- Hunger
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Internet
- Iowa
- Job hunting
- Kentucky
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Maryland
- Metropolitan areas
- Missouri
- National service
- New York City
- New York State
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Personal budgets
- Puerto Rico
- Saving and investment
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Texas
- Trusts and trustees
- Urban affairs
- Vegetables
- Virginia
- Volunteer workers
- Weight loss
- Welfare eligibility
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
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